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In wartime Bethlehem, Christmas joy hard to find
On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The Church of the Nativity that ...
Spiritually Speaking: After 44 years … 1 glad and golden hour!
By Pastor Rod Anderson The 12 days of Christmas have run their glorious course and we are looking Epiphany squarely in the face on Jan. 6, and then for a whole season of worship weeks. On the ...
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Bethlehem plans another somber Christmas under the shadow of war in Gaza
BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927.
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In wartime Bethlehem, Christmas joy hard to find
On Bethlehem's Manger Square, Christmas decorations and pilgrims are notably absent for a second wartime festive season in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city. The Church of the Nativity that ...